On their longest trip of the
season, the San Jose Sharks skidded into a roadside ditch.
San Jose was embarrassed, 6-3, on Tuesday night by the Columbus Blue Jackets — a team well-entrenched in the NHL's basement and one the Sharks thumped, 6-0, at HP Pavilion in late January. The loss dropped San Jose to 1-4-1 on its nine-game journey and its once healthy lead at the top of the Pacific Division has virtually disappeared.
The disappointing performance came the same night the Canadian sports network TSN reported the Sharks were "a strong contender" to land the big prize at the Feb. 27 trade deadline, Columbus captain Rick Nash. The price would not be cheap, but after a fourth consecutive loss, general manager Doug Wilson might be ready to do something dramatic.authentic canada goose coat
With or without Nash, the Sharks aren't in a good place.
"We've pretty much hit bottom now and hopefully we can dig our way out of it," captain Joe Thornton said, "because we're definitely in a race now to get into the playoffs."
While coach Todd McLellan was most concerned about his team's lack of urgency, San Jose's troubles also could be traced to undisciplined penalties that led directly to three Blue Jacket goals.
"Right now, as fragile as this team is, we can't take those undisciplined penalties," Thornton said.
Antti Niemi started the game in goal for the Sharks, but was gone after 15:18 of the first period after giving up three goals on 11 shots. Backup Thomas Greiss ended up taking the loss as Columbus center Jeff Carter's hat trick led a suddenly explosive Blue Jacket offense.
R.J. Umberger,canada goose jackets Nash and David Savard also scored for Columbus, while the Sharks got two goals from Logan Couture and one from Thornton.
Columbus jumped all over the Sharks early, holding a 4-0 lead after the first period. And two of those goals came on power plays after Joe Pavelski was sent to the box for showering Blue Jacket netminder Steve Mason with snow and Ryane Clowe earned two minutes for roughing while another fight was already going on.
Pavelski didn't like the call against him, but recognized his own responsibility.
"I think it's soft on my part and on the ref's part, but it's a judgment call," he said.authentic canada goose jackets "The game happens fast, the puck was kind of laying there, we all reached for it. " I guess you just can't give him any reason to call it."
Two goals 26 seconds apart — the first when Colin White's shot from the point went into the net off Thornton's skate at 5:11, the second on a 26-foot snap shot by Couture that Columbus goalie Steve Mason could only wave at — did make it a 4-2 game.
But Clowe overheated again just two minutes after Couture's goal. Called for cross-checking, Clowe earned another two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct when he slammed the penalty-box door so hard the boards rattled.
"It was a bad call on the penalty so I got upset," Clowe said.
San Jose did kill off 3:22 of the double minor, but Savard scored through traffic, and Columbus once again had a three-goal lead and all the momentum.
The teams traded goals in the third period — Carter notching his third on an easy tap-in, Couture getting his second on a power play by deflecting a shot from Pavelski — but the game was long-decided by then.
With 69 points, the Sharks are tied with the Phoenix Coyotes on top of the Pacific Division, but have two games in hand and one more victory. The Los Angeles Kings aren't far behind with 66 points.
"I don't know if some guys really understand where we are at this point in the season and how the season is dwindling quickly," McLellan said. "You can't just come to the rink and wear a jersey. You have to find a way to contribute. There's been a few that haven't lately and that'll be my job tomorrow. We'll address it in one-on-ones."
He noted that not everybody is playing with a lack of urgency, but that some players have been "missing in action" for a while now and that needs to change.
As for Clowe's costly lack of discipline in the second period, McLellan said he liked neither the call that led to the outburst nor the outburst itself.
"I'll talk to Clowe about it tomorrow,canada goose winter jackets but frustration seeps through a little bit there," McLellan said. "He was sent the message.cheap canada goose He wasn't put back on the ice for a little while. But in the same breath, he does take care of a lot of his teammates."
Thornton, like the coach, questioned the lack of urgency in the locker room.
"You can talk so much but it's up to that individual to come out and perform," he said. "This is why we get paid — to perform every night — and for whatever reason everybody's not on board."
San Jose was embarrassed, 6-3, on Tuesday night by the Columbus Blue Jackets — a team well-entrenched in the NHL's basement and one the Sharks thumped, 6-0, at HP Pavilion in late January. The loss dropped San Jose to 1-4-1 on its nine-game journey and its once healthy lead at the top of the Pacific Division has virtually disappeared.
The disappointing performance came the same night the Canadian sports network TSN reported the Sharks were "a strong contender" to land the big prize at the Feb. 27 trade deadline, Columbus captain Rick Nash. The price would not be cheap, but after a fourth consecutive loss, general manager Doug Wilson might be ready to do something dramatic.authentic canada goose coat
With or without Nash, the Sharks aren't in a good place.
"We've pretty much hit bottom now and hopefully we can dig our way out of it," captain Joe Thornton said, "because we're definitely in a race now to get into the playoffs."
While coach Todd McLellan was most concerned about his team's lack of urgency, San Jose's troubles also could be traced to undisciplined penalties that led directly to three Blue Jacket goals.
"Right now, as fragile as this team is, we can't take those undisciplined penalties," Thornton said.
Antti Niemi started the game in goal for the Sharks, but was gone after 15:18 of the first period after giving up three goals on 11 shots. Backup Thomas Greiss ended up taking the loss as Columbus center Jeff Carter's hat trick led a suddenly explosive Blue Jacket offense.
R.J. Umberger,canada goose jackets Nash and David Savard also scored for Columbus, while the Sharks got two goals from Logan Couture and one from Thornton.
Columbus jumped all over the Sharks early, holding a 4-0 lead after the first period. And two of those goals came on power plays after Joe Pavelski was sent to the box for showering Blue Jacket netminder Steve Mason with snow and Ryane Clowe earned two minutes for roughing while another fight was already going on.
Pavelski didn't like the call against him, but recognized his own responsibility.
"I think it's soft on my part and on the ref's part, but it's a judgment call," he said.authentic canada goose jackets "The game happens fast, the puck was kind of laying there, we all reached for it. " I guess you just can't give him any reason to call it."
Two goals 26 seconds apart — the first when Colin White's shot from the point went into the net off Thornton's skate at 5:11, the second on a 26-foot snap shot by Couture that Columbus goalie Steve Mason could only wave at — did make it a 4-2 game.
But Clowe overheated again just two minutes after Couture's goal. Called for cross-checking, Clowe earned another two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct when he slammed the penalty-box door so hard the boards rattled.
"It was a bad call on the penalty so I got upset," Clowe said.
San Jose did kill off 3:22 of the double minor, but Savard scored through traffic, and Columbus once again had a three-goal lead and all the momentum.
The teams traded goals in the third period — Carter notching his third on an easy tap-in, Couture getting his second on a power play by deflecting a shot from Pavelski — but the game was long-decided by then.
With 69 points, the Sharks are tied with the Phoenix Coyotes on top of the Pacific Division, but have two games in hand and one more victory. The Los Angeles Kings aren't far behind with 66 points.
"I don't know if some guys really understand where we are at this point in the season and how the season is dwindling quickly," McLellan said. "You can't just come to the rink and wear a jersey. You have to find a way to contribute. There's been a few that haven't lately and that'll be my job tomorrow. We'll address it in one-on-ones."
He noted that not everybody is playing with a lack of urgency, but that some players have been "missing in action" for a while now and that needs to change.
As for Clowe's costly lack of discipline in the second period, McLellan said he liked neither the call that led to the outburst nor the outburst itself.
"I'll talk to Clowe about it tomorrow,canada goose winter jackets but frustration seeps through a little bit there," McLellan said. "He was sent the message.cheap canada goose He wasn't put back on the ice for a little while. But in the same breath, he does take care of a lot of his teammates."
Thornton, like the coach, questioned the lack of urgency in the locker room.
"You can talk so much but it's up to that individual to come out and perform," he said. "This is why we get paid — to perform every night — and for whatever reason everybody's not on board."
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